Disarmament
The Treaty reiterated the ban on chemical weapons from the 1899 and 1907 Hague agreements and contained a provision specifically punishing German chemical warfare capabilities, ruling that “the use of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and all analogous liquids, materials or devices being prohibited, their manufacture and importation are strictly forbidden in Germany.” This was done largely to combat the large size and sophistication of the German chemical industry, which was described by Victor Lefebure as striving for “world domination in the organic chemical industry.” With the signing of the Treaty, many of the Allied powers began periods of general disarmament.